Clinical and therapeutic studies of macro and micro-elements profile in the rumen liquor and serum of healthy and gastrointestinal parasites infected camels

Abstract EN

It was necessary to emphasize the level of the rumen and serum macro and micro-elements and their correlation and interaction with other rumen and blood constituents in healthy camels and the effect of gastrointestinal parasites infection.

Complete clinical examination; rumen and blood samples were examined in clinically healthy camels and during the affection and after the treatment with Hapadex suspension 15% (5 ml / 100kg body weight).

High prevalence rate of gastrointestinal parasites was recorded as Trichostrongylus and Nematodirus were 53.7 and 52.5% ; while that of Heamonchus, Trichuris, Cooperia and Monezia were 22.1, 21.7, 21.3 and 12.5% respectively in 240 camels examined around the year.

The infected camels suffered from mild rumen acidosis with a significant increases (p < 0.001) in the level of acetic, probionic, butyric and isovaleric acids ; macrocytic hypo chromic anemia, hem dilution, moderate hypozincemia and hypercupremia.

The increases in the rumen calcium, magnesium and zinc were significant (p < 0.001).

The study of the correlations confirmed the tight interaction between the rumen and blood constituents in health and disease.